Special Report
This Is the County in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States and the virus continues to claim lives. So far, 846,647 Americans have died from the virus — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.
In the Fort Smith metropolitan area, which covers parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, a total of 812 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 289 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 259 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 death rate across the metro area is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Fort Smith metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Sebastian County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Sebastian County stands at 329 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Fort Smith metro area, Sebastian County ranks among the middle 50% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents by COVID-19 death rate per capita.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Jan. 19, 2022.
Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases | |
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1 | Sebastian County, AR | 329 | 419 | 21,846 | 27,845 | |
2 | Crawford County, AR | 325 | 203 | 21,261 | 13,282 | |
3 | Sequoyah County, OK | 227 | 94 | 18,395 | 7,608 | |
4 | Le Flore County, OK | 192 | 96 | 18,387 | 9,177 |
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